Biography:
Alfred Cheshire
08/05/1870 –28/06/1949
Alfred Cheshire
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Plot 1141 Alfred Cheshire (1870-1949)
Alfred was born 8 May 1870, Berkhamsted, the son of Frederick and Mary Cheshire. Frederick was a tailor born in Dunstable and the family was living in the High Street. Alfred had three older brothers and an older sister. By 1881 they had moved to Victoria Road and Frederick had remarried and Alfred, still at school, had two younger sisters.
Alfred married Bertha Horne in Berkhamsted in 1888 and their son Arthur was born the next year.
In 1891 Alfred was working as a coach smith and the family was living in the High Street with his older brother Herbert, a carter. Son Percy Gilbert was born in 1898 and daughter Elsie B in 1901.
In 1901 Bertha and Alfred were living at 25, Victoria Road with Elsie, Arthur and Percy.
Frank Alfred completed the family in 1908.
The 1911 census records the family at 8, Cross Oak Road. Alfred was a blacksmith “working on government contracts” while Arthur was a clerk at the gasworks
Their son Percy Gilbert was reported missing in action in 1917 and is commemorated on the gravestone of his grandparents John and Eliza Horne (Plot 670).
In 1921 Alfred and Bertha were still at 8, Cross Oak Road and he was employed by East & Son as a smith (iron worker) and only Frank was living at home.
By the time of the 1939 Register Alfred had retired and he and Bertha lived alone at Cross Oak Road. Frank, who had married, was living at 79, Cross Oak Road.
Bertha died in 1941 and is buried here.
Alfred died 28 June 1949 West Herts Hospital aged 79.
His sister Alice lies in this cemetery in an unmarked grave, as does his father Frederick.
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Plot 1141 Alfred Cheshire (1870-1949)
Alfred was born 8 May 1870, Berkhamsted, the son of Frederick and Mary Cheshire. Frederick was a tailor born in Dunstable and the family was living in the High Street. Alfred had three older brothers and an older sister. By 1881 they had moved to Victoria Road and Frederick had remarried and Alfred, still at school, had two younger sisters.
Alfred married Bertha Horne in Berkhamsted in 1888 and their son Arthur was born the next year.
In 1891 Alfred was working as a coach smith and the family was living in the High Street with his older brother Herbert, a carter. Son Percy Gilbert was born in 1898 and daughter Elsie B in 1901.
In 1901 Bertha and Alfred were living at 25, Victoria Road with Elsie, Arthur and Percy.
Frank Alfred completed the family in 1908.
The 1911 census records the family at 8, Cross Oak Road. Alfred was a blacksmith “working on government contracts” while Arthur was a clerk at the gasworks
Their son Percy Gilbert was reported missing in action in 1917 and is commemorated on the gravestone of his grandparents John and Eliza Horne (Plot 670).
In 1921 Alfred and Bertha were still at 8, Cross Oak Road and he was employed by East & Son as a smith (iron worker) and only Frank was living at home.
By the time of the 1939 Register Alfred had retired and he and Bertha lived alone at Cross Oak Road. Frank, who had married, was living at 79, Cross Oak Road.
Bertha died in 1941 and is buried here.
Alfred died 28 June 1949 West Herts Hospital aged 79.
His sister Alice lies in this cemetery in an unmarked grave, as does his father Frederick.
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